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    Rahming 1 Giovanni Rahming Ms. Joan Norman English 119 29th March‚ 2010 Causes of Childhood Obesity At some point in life‚ every parent has told their child to eat their vegetables. Most children ignore this request‚ however they should oblige. Obesity among children is becoming more and more common in today’s society and many people are wondering why. In 2006‚ then Minister of Health Dr. Marcus Bethel stated in the House of Assembly that 65% of adult Bahamians are overweight and 23% of

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    Childhood Obesity” Does the Media Play a Big Role? Charlotte Sandstrom Ashford University 06/01/2012 ENG 122 Instructor Dr. Marsha Beckwith-Howard The nature of childhood obesity is growing at a fast rate since two decades ago. People are finding more and more children at risk of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes since the media has focused on children eating more sugar and fast food in their diets. However‚ media is sending subliminal messages to kids through commercial and tricking

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    Childhood Obesity: A Growing Epidemic in the United States Tracey Whitley ENG 122 Dr. Melissa Rigney May 19‚ 2011 Childhood Obesity: A Growing Epidemic in the United States • Research Proposal – Your research paper will be two to three pages in length‚ (excluding the title and reference pages) formatted in proper APA style‚ and will include the following: o Scope and nature of the problem o Specific claim (modified from your claim submitted in Step One‚ if necessary

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    Childhood Obesity In our opinion‚ people do not have enough knowledge about being obesity‚ specially in children. Parents must more take care of their children by using the correct way like eating habits. Today‚ most children like to eat fast foods such as KFC and Macdonald‚ not only in children but it is also in adults. We have some ideas about obesity and also we are planning to make a project for this problem. Our project is mention about how

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    PREVENTING CHILDHOOD OBESITY Preventing Childhood obesity in school age Children Lakeisha L. Jones Nursing 531 September 6‚ 2010 Abstract Childhood obesity has become a worldwide epidemic. The obesity rate among

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    The Role of Parents and Media Childhood obesity is between 16-36 percent of child and youth that are obese/ overweight. If one of the parents is obese or overweight‚ it is likely that 50 percent the child can be an overweight or obese child. If both parents are overweight or obese the child has 80 percent guarantee that he/she is going to be an overweight or obese child. In addition‚ in the United States the percentage of American children has tripled in the past 20 years. The children who are

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    Running Head: Childhood Obesity � PAGE �1� Childhood Obesity � PAGE �12� Childhood Obesity � PAGE �13� The prevalence of childhood obesity has more than tripled over the last three decades. In 1980 the rate of obesity among U. S. children aged 6-11 was 6.5% however‚ according to the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (2010)‚ in 2008 that number soared to 19.6%. Obesity rate for teens 12-19 years of age also saw a substantial increased‚ from 5% to 18.1% (National

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    CHILDHOOD OBESITY: CAN DIABETES BE PEVENTED? Mary Lally ENG 122: English Composition II William Johnson May 1‚ 2012 CHILDHOOD OBESITY: CAN DIABETES BE PREVENTED? If you could image living in this world 10 years from now how would you picture what the average person would look like? Are they fat or skinny? Obesity is becoming an epidemic that is slowly killing many people. With more and more children becoming overweight there health is getting worse at an early age. I will show you how being

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    overweight because they don’t do any physical activity.” Obesity is a serious issue among children and there are complex reasons that can cause it‚ principally by poor eating habits‚ lack of any physical activity and family history of obesity. Overweight in children is not being a few pounds higher than normal‚ “obesity in childhood is when a kid is 10% higher than what their weight is supposed to be”(Facts for families). Being overweight during childhood is the easiest issue to recognize talking in medical

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    three children born in the year 2000 is expected to develop diabetes in his or her lifetime.(4E) Is this surprising? In America all we worry about is food at our convince. Because most Americans are always on the go. As statics are showing childhood obesity is rapidly increasing all over the world. Why is this becoming such a pressing issue when it can be stopped or at least have precautions taken. Children learn through observation and imitation‚ as well as behaviors of their parents.(5A) In today’s

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